[f. WATCHLESS a. + -NESS.] Lack of watchfulness.

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1691.  J. B[ardwood], Hearts-ease (ed. 2), 33. Another common Cause, is our own Watchlessness and Carelessness.

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1854.  Tait’s Mag., XXI. 564. To say nothing of the watchlessness of our Admiral in the Black Sea.

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